The retired footballer voiced his belief that La Roja cannot afford to take the Azzurri lightly despite the wide array of off-field scandals and poor form in recent international friendlies.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ivan-c17215 Helguera took part in a charity match at the Santiago Bernabeu that put together Real Madrid past greats with those from Manchester United.
After the match, the 37-year-old took out time to talk about Spanish national teams preparations for Euro 2012, especially Italy whom they take on in their opening match.
Helguera played down the poor form the Azzurri are travelling to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 and was of the opinion that Spain or any other international team can ill afford to undermine the Italians with their proven pedigree in international competitions.
"You must always respect them," the former Spain central defender said while talking to media representative after a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Charity-c38784 game at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
"In major tournaments, Italy are Italy. Spain cannot afford to rely on anything, though they are playing very well."
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629. He claimed that the Spanish team stand at the brink of making history in the European Championships
and have the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 to go with.
The former Real Madrid attacker praised http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque for his selection of attackers and opined that everyone adds a different dimension to the squad with his inclusion.
He added that this should help the squad to adopt a variety of tactics and improve their dynamics in their title defence.
"This is the chance for them to make history and they are the favourites to win the Euros again," the ex-forward enthused. "It will not be easy - the Euros never are - but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 are the big contender."
“Each one of the strikers is different and the decision is up to Del Bosque," he said. "But for each match, each can contribute something. They can all offer different things."
Spain take on the challenge of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 on June 10 in their Group C first match.
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